Parker Solar Probe First Images

Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
Parker solar probe first images. 12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Parker solar probe acquired the image above the first photo from inside the sun s outer atmosphere or corona the part of the sun we see in photos of total solar eclipses when the craft. 11 2018 parker solar probe completed the first solar encounter phase speeding through the sun s outer atmosphere the corona and collecting unprecedented data with.
The parker solar probe recently collected its first light data in order to test its instruments and snapped some beautiful pictures of the cosmos.